Wednesday, August 3, 2016

Lost Generation - Military Heroes tape (1983, Incas)

I'm a sucker for anything adorning the Incas Records logo - maybe too much of a sucker. Still, my investment in this tape was meager, so no major regrets. Lost Generation were a relatively well known Connecticut hardcore crew, though not markedly innovative. This cassette ep followed up a well received 7" in 1982, Never Work, and several albums ensued throughout the '80s. "Heroes" and "Sheik Opec" are decent enough socio-political punk screeds, typical of the Raygun-era. "Heroes (Part 2)" however, is a brief dub/reggae foray that bears nothing in common with the other song on here that it shares it's namesake with. "Trouble" kicks up a little dirt in the manner of Angry Samoans and White Flag, winning my vote for MVP on this cartridge. A CD compilation of LG back catalog material, Punk This, saw the light of day in 1995.